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. >> reporting there for us in cairo. i want to go to our colleague for the latest on the search and recovery in the greek city on the island of crete. this has become the home base for the search and recovery mission, the wreckage that is considered suspicious potentially a part of a debris field will be brought there. what are you hearing about the items that have been said to be potentially wreckage? has there been any further description of what those items coming your way could be? >> reporter: well, the greek authorities were the first, this actually early this afternoon, someone talking about a few hours ago, that said the greek defense minister said first that those were the debris that were part of the missing plane. now the egyptian authorities took some time to confirm that and finally as you mentioned earlier, both the foreign ministry and egyptair seemed to confirm and agree with the greek defense minister that those are debris part of the missing plane. well, now, it is pitch dark as you can see behind me, i
. >> reporting there for us in cairo. i want to go to our colleague for the latest on the search and recovery in the greek city on the island of crete. this has become the home base for the search and recovery mission, the wreckage that is considered suspicious potentially a part of a debris field will be brought there. what are you hearing about the items that have been said to be potentially wreckage? has there been any further description of what those items coming your way could be?...
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it was in tunisia 36 hours ago, the last stop before it made the flight from here to cairo. in addition to that, looking at who was on the plane. pouring over the manifest. the search will pick up. >> thank you very much for joining us, see you ap the top of the hour, when we continue our live coverage. thank you very much. >> coming up next. how high tech u.s. spying equipment is being used in the crash investigation. >> just over 24 hours ago, that the flight 804 disappeared, the search is scheduled to resume shortly. the latest, with what u.s. intelligence has gathered about the plane. kerry? >> there is so much that we don't know. go over the details of what we do know. this is what investigators are looking at. first of all, we know according to the greek government, their military radar shows that aircraft traveling at 37,000 feet, made an unexpected left turn of about 90 degrees, then went into a circle motion, dropping to 15,000 feet, before it went off radar. take a look at the time line, between those on the aircraft, and the air traffic control. from greece, then,
it was in tunisia 36 hours ago, the last stop before it made the flight from here to cairo. in addition to that, looking at who was on the plane. pouring over the manifest. the search will pick up. >> thank you very much for joining us, see you ap the top of the hour, when we continue our live coverage. thank you very much. >> coming up next. how high tech u.s. spying equipment is being used in the crash investigation. >> just over 24 hours ago, that the flight 804...
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they were set to come back home to cairo yesterday. they were onboard that flight. they left behind their two young daughters who are now in the care of his brother. i had a chance to speak to his brother. he was very distraught. in fact the family held a very small funeral service for both their grandparents and their brother, who they lost in that tragedy. but we also heard today from the american university here in cairo, the student news letter. they're putting out a picture of a student who was an employee of procter & gamble in paris and it was confirmed by procter & gamble as well as here at the american university in cairo that he was an alum of that university. he graduated in 1999 and he too was on his way back home to visit his family here in egypt. so you are starting to learn a lot more about the identity of those. egyptair has also released the image of the pilot and the co-pilot. they have been identified as mohammed said aly as well as mohammed au mhmed masmassem. you can imagine a lot of questions and very little arnsds at this point. >> ayman, than
they were set to come back home to cairo yesterday. they were onboard that flight. they left behind their two young daughters who are now in the care of his brother. i had a chance to speak to his brother. he was very distraught. in fact the family held a very small funeral service for both their grandparents and their brother, who they lost in that tragedy. but we also heard today from the american university here in cairo, the student news letter. they're putting out a picture of a student...
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nbc's ayman mohyeldin is with us from cairo. the uprisings in several islamic countries have encouraged democracy. as you know, it's been extremely challenging to american diplomatic personnel. what's the feeling on the ground where you are? >> reporter: well, near the u.s. embassy, i can tell you that security is definitely on a much more heightened state of alert. we went out a short while ago to film a little bit and beyond what we've seen in the past, it was very difficult as soon as we came, we were approached by both plain clothes officers as well as the army and the police. it gives you a sense of the anxiety. you're right. over the course of the last two years, prior to the revolutions in the arab springs, the american embassy was heavily fortified. after the arab spring, people demanded the streets be opened up, that they shouldn't have the kind of protection these were afforded. we saw these protests became closer and closer to the embassy walls. that became dangerous all the way back to september 11th when chris steve
nbc's ayman mohyeldin is with us from cairo. the uprisings in several islamic countries have encouraged democracy. as you know, it's been extremely challenging to american diplomatic personnel. what's the feeling on the ground where you are? >> reporter: well, near the u.s. embassy, i can tell you that security is definitely on a much more heightened state of alert. we went out a short while ago to film a little bit and beyond what we've seen in the past, it was very difficult as soon as...
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he has not achieved the breakthroughs that he wanted when he went to cairo in 2009. and while many on his team have abandoned the playing field, mitchell, dennis ross, this is a unique opportunity for him to reinvigorate his middle east leadership and bring a new team in with new ideas and strategies to resurrect the commitments he made in cairo which is essential to u.s. long-term interest. >> the other relationship is the one between the president and prime minister -- mr. netanyahu, who actually praised the president's diplomatic efforts within this. he's got an election coming up. it's been something of a rocky relationship, if you will. how does this -- the president's involvement strengthen his relationship with netanyahu going forward? >> there's been all this criticism of this relationship, the dysfunctionalty over political issues, negotiations. one thing that's quite clear to me in watching the president very carefully, after the election, he didn't need the jewish vote in florida or new york, and yet he stood up to the plate, he had his reels backed when i
he has not achieved the breakthroughs that he wanted when he went to cairo in 2009. and while many on his team have abandoned the playing field, mitchell, dennis ross, this is a unique opportunity for him to reinvigorate his middle east leadership and bring a new team in with new ideas and strategies to resurrect the commitments he made in cairo which is essential to u.s. long-term interest. >> the other relationship is the one between the president and prime minister -- mr. netanyahu,...
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we turn to foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin in cairo. have the generals lost completely control of egypt? >> well, martin, the criticism is they're trying to take too much control of egypt. many of these decisions right now seem to be in the hands of the military. things like rounding up the leaders of the muslim brotherhood, the military calling on protesters to go to the streets to authorize the military to crack down on terrorists which has become synonymous with islamists including those holding the protest rally behind ousted president mohamed morsi. if anything, the criticism is at that time generals hold too much power and perhaps this interim government that has been put in place does mot have the power it needs particularly on the front of negotiating an outcome between those that are encamped in this pro-morsi rally and the interim government trying to build a more inclusive political process. that is why the chief of the eu foreign affairs commission is here meeting with the representatives of the muslim brother hood and the g
we turn to foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin in cairo. have the generals lost completely control of egypt? >> well, martin, the criticism is they're trying to take too much control of egypt. many of these decisions right now seem to be in the hands of the military. things like rounding up the leaders of the muslim brotherhood, the military calling on protesters to go to the streets to authorize the military to crack down on terrorists which has become synonymous with islamists...
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we have a live report coming up from cairo. >>> and online shopping records are expected to be broken this cyber monday. did you hear this? for the first time some consumers will feel the sting of the ee tax. which states and retails are now taxing online shoppers for the very first time. >>> and join our conversation at twitter. you can find us @tamron hall and @news nation. [ "odd couple" theme plays ] humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> welcome back. we're following developing news. the one-time prime minister and general abruptly quit this morning. he's known as a leading strategist as israel confronts iran's nuclear program. he's looking forward to spending more time with his family. he will spend his current post until the new government is formed as the new elections are
we have a live report coming up from cairo. >>> and online shopping records are expected to be broken this cyber monday. did you hear this? for the first time some consumers will feel the sting of the ee tax. which states and retails are now taxing online shoppers for the very first time. >>> and join our conversation at twitter. you can find us @tamron hall and @news nation. [ "odd couple" theme plays ] humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still...
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he did not address the situation in cairo, and did not address the other situations as much. i will be honest. i think his statement on libya opens up more questions than what does it mean with the relationship with egypt given that we have not heard from the egyptian government on what happened there. and again define justice will be done. is it something we will rely on the libyan government to do in a test of their democracy. >> there are many statements coming out from senate leadership. >> one comes up that says they are looking to insure that the perpetrators are brought to justice. >> it's going to be a test of the libyan government. again, you know, they are just -- it's -- i think it was very interesting there. you had the president basically stand by the libyan government and you heard secretary clinton talk about what libyan troops tried to help ambassador stevens and resuscitate him for a couple hours. there's an attempt of separating out the radicals that did this in libya and the libyan government itself. you take that and all of those statements, and the silenc
he did not address the situation in cairo, and did not address the other situations as much. i will be honest. i think his statement on libya opens up more questions than what does it mean with the relationship with egypt given that we have not heard from the egyptian government on what happened there. and again define justice will be done. is it something we will rely on the libyan government to do in a test of their democracy. >> there are many statements coming out from senate...
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rather, he's taken to a military hospital in a cairo suburb while he will be held under house arrest. nbc's ayman mohyeldin. we have mentioned he is not a freeman. he's still facing these charges. i'm curious if there can be anything done to keep him out of the political fire -- from stoking the political fire that is certainly brewing in cairo. his voice is one that certainly has support there. >> reporter: he is certainly under house arrest. that lasts so long as this emergency law has been in effect. there has been some talk about shortening that since they seem to have the upper hand on the situation here. there is nothing to prohibit the former president from giving media interviews, from meetings with people, to speaking out openly and freely. he does have the rights of citizenship. that has not been stripped away from him. he will be back in court. but until then, he's effectively a freeman with the exception of his house arrest that requires him to remain in that military hospital. he does have the right if he wanted to to request to be transferred to another situation if his
rather, he's taken to a military hospital in a cairo suburb while he will be held under house arrest. nbc's ayman mohyeldin. we have mentioned he is not a freeman. he's still facing these charges. i'm curious if there can be anything done to keep him out of the political fire -- from stoking the political fire that is certainly brewing in cairo. his voice is one that certainly has support there. >> reporter: he is certainly under house arrest. that lasts so long as this emergency law has...
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ask the mobs in cairo who attacked our embassy or the libyan mobs who killed our diplomats. ask the iranians who make unhindered daily progress towards obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> well, a couple of quick points. the first is, you know, to be fair, 9/11 happened during the bush administration, the bush-cheney administration. so it's not as if people -- muslim radicals feared the united states during that period. not when they were killing thousands of american troops in iraq certainly. the larger point is that, you know, there's a tendency, especially seven weeks out from an election, to turn everything that happens in the world into an election issue. there are some very deep and troubling things going on in the middle east that have very little to do with what a president does or doesn't do. let's be fair about this. you have a complete upheaval in the middle east. you don't have american policy makers being able to shape the way muslims think about the world, about modernity, about the united states. so to blame the president for an attack on these embassies, i think, i
ask the mobs in cairo who attacked our embassy or the libyan mobs who killed our diplomats. ask the iranians who make unhindered daily progress towards obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> well, a couple of quick points. the first is, you know, to be fair, 9/11 happened during the bush administration, the bush-cheney administration. so it's not as if people -- muslim radicals feared the united states during that period. not when they were killing thousands of american troops in iraq certainly....
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embassy in cairo. richard engel is live outside the embassy and andrea mitchell with me here in washington. richard, you've reported that tensions have eased a bit. >> reporter: the tensions here are somewhat fading no now. there is a very small demonstration you can hear behind me. but about as many demonstrators as are here, there ares as many egyptian security forces. so right now, egyptians are letting off steam, standing in front of the embassy, but there have been no attempts to scale over the wall like they did yesterday, the 20-foot wall in the background behind me. not the same situation as what happened in benghazi yesterday. that was an armed assault on the consulate the and now the white house has confirmed that the u.s. ambassador chris stevens was in the consulate at the time and was killed along with three other americans. >> richard wlor, who is protect the u.s. he embassy right now in cairo? >> reporter: well, inside there are marines as there are in the other embassies. and if you see
embassy in cairo. richard engel is live outside the embassy and andrea mitchell with me here in washington. richard, you've reported that tensions have eased a bit. >> reporter: the tensions here are somewhat fading no now. there is a very small demonstration you can hear behind me. but about as many demonstrators as are here, there ares as many egyptian security forces. so right now, egyptians are letting off steam, standing in front of the embassy, but there have been no attempts to...
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>>> a man wearing a fake explosive belt hijacked an egypt air flight bound for cairo, forcing it to go off route, and land in cyprus. there was a seven hour stand off, 62 hostages in tow at one time. the man seen in this video walking off the plane without incident. the london bower row, rahimi, how did this happen and no explosives, correct? >> that's correct. according to authorities, it appears that the explosive device that the man said he was wearing in the form of a vest appears to be a fake. how did it happen? that's one of the things that investigators are going to be trying to figure out. it was a dramatic intense warning for some 55 passengers on board the flight, that was en route from alexandria to cairo. he said he wanted to go to cyprus. they didn't know at the time it was fake, so they had to proceed with extreme caution. he said that he wanted to speak with his estranged wife. apparently who lived in cyprus. authorities were complying with his demands. he said he wanted asylum. seif eldin mustafa, as someone who is unstable. as for the motive, as i mentioned before, the
>>> a man wearing a fake explosive belt hijacked an egypt air flight bound for cairo, forcing it to go off route, and land in cyprus. there was a seven hour stand off, 62 hostages in tow at one time. the man seen in this video walking off the plane without incident. the london bower row, rahimi, how did this happen and no explosives, correct? >> that's correct. according to authorities, it appears that the explosive device that the man said he was wearing in the form of a vest...
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cairo and benghazi? >> i think it's important to differentiate between the two because they're very different kinds of demonstrations and attacks. right now in cairo, there is still a demonstration going on, a couple hundred, maybe not even that many, hardline supporters, most of them were members of the islamic group, supporters of the old blind cleric, from the first world trade center attack. they have been organizing demonstrations in front of the u.s. embassy for a long time now and they were the core group that went out yesterday organized this demonstration and then the demonstration got out of hand, so to speak, and some of the people climbed into the embassy itself, didn't attack anyone, but pulled down an american flag and put up a black islamic flag. no u.s. personnel were at risk in that incident, but what it did show is a glaring lack of response from the new islamic leaning egyptian government. what happened in benghazi was a very different kind of attack. this was a commando raid according
cairo and benghazi? >> i think it's important to differentiate between the two because they're very different kinds of demonstrations and attacks. right now in cairo, there is still a demonstration going on, a couple hundred, maybe not even that many, hardline supporters, most of them were members of the islamic group, supporters of the old blind cleric, from the first world trade center attack. they have been organizing demonstrations in front of the u.s. embassy for a long time now and...
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there is a government-enforced curfew in cairo. and ten of egypt's parliament -- they declared a one-month state of emergency suspending the right of trial or due process. secretary of state journey kerry condemned the violence. >> the path to violence leads only to greater instability, economic disaster and suffering. the only sustainable path for either side is one towards a political solution. i am questioned from my conversations today with a number of foreign ministers, including the foreign minister of egypt, i am convinced that that path is in fact, still open. and it is possible, though it has been made much, much harder, much more complicated by the events of today. >> nbc news richard engel is in cairo and joins me now. richard, has the curfew that has been imposed restored order? and what happens when the curfew is lifted in the morning? >> reporter: cairo has a very odd feeling right now. our bureau, which is where we are doing this report, is right on the nile. and normally it is full of boats. people going back and fo
there is a government-enforced curfew in cairo. and ten of egypt's parliament -- they declared a one-month state of emergency suspending the right of trial or due process. secretary of state journey kerry condemned the violence. >> the path to violence leads only to greater instability, economic disaster and suffering. the only sustainable path for either side is one towards a political solution. i am questioned from my conversations today with a number of foreign ministers, including the...
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back to you. >> bill neely for us in cairo. airplane safety, in the ages of terror, that's next. >>> egyptair flight 804 before it disappeared made several stops, tunisia, it also stopped in brussels as well. mike e. kay is a retired military officer. and a retired airline pilot. michael, what can we get from you, what do you lean -- >> what we're looking at craig is the nature of globalization and terrorism has existed for many decades, but terrorism underpined by globalization hasn't. and that's what we're kind of struggling with here, as we ameliorate all of the risks associated with international travel. you can look at this pro activably or reactively. in terms of atsb, a gps based system, that supports radar, but will be autonomous. there's the live streaming that people talk about, that is going to be something that's going to be hugely expensive so the companies are veering away from that. but the key thing for me is looking really at the reactive time of it. it was four hours before they actually launched any form of s
back to you. >> bill neely for us in cairo. airplane safety, in the ages of terror, that's next. >>> egyptair flight 804 before it disappeared made several stops, tunisia, it also stopped in brussels as well. mike e. kay is a retired military officer. and a retired airline pilot. michael, what can we get from you, what do you lean -- >> what we're looking at craig is the nature of globalization and terrorism has existed for many decades, but terrorism underpined by...
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embassy in cairo. there were already reports at that point that at least one american had been killed in benghazi. he referenced that in his statement. that did not stop him from attacking the other embassy, from waging a him attack at all. it did not give him pause maybe he should wait to find out more about what was happening before he spoke. not only did he not wait for more information, he did not wait for the attacks to stop before he added his own attack on the staff of the embassy in egypt. a crisis that would otherwise be seen as america under attack, this is no time for politics, instead became very much a time for politics when even mr. romney's own party recoiled in horror at how badly he bungled this situation. a senior republican foreign policy strategist telling "buzzfeed" yesterday that the romney campaign was, quote, just trying to score a cheap news cycle hit and now it's just completely blown up. calling the romney campaign strategy a, quote, utter disaster and saying the romney campa
embassy in cairo. there were already reports at that point that at least one american had been killed in benghazi. he referenced that in his statement. that did not stop him from attacking the other embassy, from waging a him attack at all. it did not give him pause maybe he should wait to find out more about what was happening before he spoke. not only did he not wait for more information, he did not wait for the attacks to stop before he added his own attack on the staff of the embassy in...
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i was speaking with ayman there in cairo. are the investigators, are the military, those now being deployed to assist in this investigation, are they up to snuff? do they have the muscle set to be able to get this done and work together with i want national investigators? >> it all depends on the resolve. i look at the journal, "the wall street journal" put out a report yesterday that 85 individuals have had their accessthe airport revoked due to the facty are on a terrorism watch list. 600 individuals have had their credentials revokes. my question is how did this happen to begin with. how did they get that to begin with. we have to look at how the security operates and how tight it is. i don't want to cite size because i'm sure they tried to do the best job they can but with that said we still have that slippage. >> anthony, back to the details here. the smoke and the time frame. talk about that three to four minutes we're hearing versus what might be typical when you have smoke and talking about fire. then it might be 15 o
i was speaking with ayman there in cairo. are the investigators, are the military, those now being deployed to assist in this investigation, are they up to snuff? do they have the muscle set to be able to get this done and work together with i want national investigators? >> it all depends on the resolve. i look at the journal, "the wall street journal" put out a report yesterday that 85 individuals have had their accessthe airport revoked due to the facty are on a terrorism...
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in cairo. it was coming close to a portion of the flight where they were going to land. it wasn't too far off, it was within egyptian air space. that's where they were zeroing in on the search. but then yesterday, i think we're kind of moving with caution here because we were told yesterday that, you know, debris from the wreckage was found and then later that was denied. >> reporter: yeah. that's right. i mean, the greeks thought that they had found debris from the wreckage because you'll know the plane flew through greek air space on its way to egypt. they thought they had found wreckage. the egyptians reported that to be the case and then on closer inspection the greeks found it was not wreckage from the plane. all of our oceans sadly are full of debris of one kind or another. so when you're trying to carry out a search like this one of the challenges is to accomplish what you're really seeing. those guys in the air above the mediterranean, on the ocean, in ships will be seeing a lot. i have flown with aircraft looking for debris in the past. you see a lot of stuff in
in cairo. it was coming close to a portion of the flight where they were going to land. it wasn't too far off, it was within egyptian air space. that's where they were zeroing in on the search. but then yesterday, i think we're kind of moving with caution here because we were told yesterday that, you know, debris from the wreckage was found and then later that was denied. >> reporter: yeah. that's right. i mean, the greeks thought that they had found debris from the wreckage because...
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pictures of protesters in cairo. tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of egypt's ousted president are attending mass rallies today with at least five people killed in clashes in alexandria. these protests come after a judge ordered deposed former president muhammad morsi detained on charges including murder. for more now, we go to nbc news foreign correspondent a min mo ha dean who is in cairo. can you explain these charges and how protesters have reacted once they were announced? >> sure, the charges stem back to a time when president morsi was a political prisoner here in this country and then over the course of his tenure as president. in essence, the charges involve him collaborating or conspiring with a foreign organization in this case hamas which is the palestinian militant group cha charges that the president conspired with this organization to carry out attacks inside egypt including the one that ultimately freed him from prison going backing to 2011. it's a little bit complicated. somewhat ambiguou
pictures of protesters in cairo. tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of egypt's ousted president are attending mass rallies today with at least five people killed in clashes in alexandria. these protests come after a judge ordered deposed former president muhammad morsi detained on charges including murder. for more now, we go to nbc news foreign correspondent a min mo ha dean who is in cairo. can you explain these charges and how protesters have reacted once they were announced?...
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. >>> more clashes in cairo. protesters backing egypt's ousted president face tear gas and more as unrest continues to leave that country's future very uncertain. we're going to take you live to the scene in this hour. >> good morning from 14,060 feet above sea level at the summit of mount berstadt. today is tuesday, august 13, 2013, this is "the daily rundown" and now here is chuck todd. >> good morning to you. i'm peter alexander, in for chuck todd. thanks to those folks for going that high to send us a greeting. 14,000 feet, i think that is a personal high for the broadcast. we begin with big changes in the way police identify potential suspects and how certainly criminals are treated once they are arrested. monday a u.s. district judge struck down the stop and frisk tactics employed by new york city police, a decision that could have implications far beyond the city. the judge called it indirect racial profiling she said violated the constitutional rights of minorities who were stopped by police more often th
. >>> more clashes in cairo. protesters backing egypt's ousted president face tear gas and more as unrest continues to leave that country's future very uncertain. we're going to take you live to the scene in this hour. >> good morning from 14,060 feet above sea level at the summit of mount berstadt. today is tuesday, august 13, 2013, this is "the daily rundown" and now here is chuck todd. >> good morning to you. i'm peter alexander, in for chuck todd. thanks to...
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embassy in cairo has closed. the white house says it strongly condemns the use of violence against protesters in egypt. >> the world is watching what is happening in cairo. we urge the government of egypt and all parties in egypt to refrain from violence and resolve their differences peacefully. >> egypt has now declared a month-long state of emergency. we are going to have a live report from cairo coming up. >>> deadly crash. this is the fiery scene after a ups plane went down near an alabama airport this morning, killing the pilot and co-pilot on board. >>> also today, primetime players, anthony weiner may be fading in the polls, but his opponents had plenty to say in last night's debate. >> i think it's very clear to all new yorkers that neither me nor anybody else on this stage or any new yorker, quite frankly, should be lectured by anthony weiner about what we need to apologize for tonight or ever. >> i don't want to talk about anthony and that's not why i'm here tonight. >> i've made very clear that mr. wei
embassy in cairo has closed. the white house says it strongly condemns the use of violence against protesters in egypt. >> the world is watching what is happening in cairo. we urge the government of egypt and all parties in egypt to refrain from violence and resolve their differences peacefully. >> egypt has now declared a month-long state of emergency. we are going to have a live report from cairo coming up. >>> deadly crash. this is the fiery scene after a ups plane went...
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ayman mohyeldin is in cairo with more details on this tragedy. ayman, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jose. yeah, this was a report that came out today from the associated press citing one unnamed egypt an official saying that initial forensics examination or analysis conducted on some of the body parts that were brought to cairo concluded that this was a result of the explosion that was onboard. now, it's important to emphasize nbc news has not independently verified this. the egyptian medical department put out a firmly worded statement denying this saying this is baseless and went further warning that people and media in specific should not report this out of the interests of national security and threatening the state's interests, so to speak. but they are saying this report is absolutely false. but more importantly, the aviation minister yesterday told my colleague, bill neely, here, that in fact all of the dna that has been submitted and gathered and the body parts that were gathered, it was still way too early to determine any kin
ayman mohyeldin is in cairo with more details on this tragedy. ayman, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jose. yeah, this was a report that came out today from the associated press citing one unnamed egypt an official saying that initial forensics examination or analysis conducted on some of the body parts that were brought to cairo concluded that this was a result of the explosion that was onboard. now, it's important to emphasize nbc news has not independently verified this. the...
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it is one of the smaller airports in cairo. but there has been a lot of beefed up security in general across the egyptian airports, particularly following the plane that was downed in sharm el sheikh. and for now, it's not clear whether in fact as rehema was saying that this individual did actually manage to get any explosives on the plane. since that incident back in october in which isis claimed responsibility for planting a bomb on a jet, security has been beefed up. but we do know in the past there have been serious security gaps not just in some of the smaller airports, but as well as some of the larger and busier airports. alexandria being egypt's second largest city, there's question of whether or not if he did get some explosives on the plane, how he managed to do that. if he was working with anyone at the airport. at this statement, that's no confirmation that he was in fact capable of doing that. >> andam one more question, you mentioned that security has been peefed up since that russian -- beefed up since that russi
it is one of the smaller airports in cairo. but there has been a lot of beefed up security in general across the egyptian airports, particularly following the plane that was downed in sharm el sheikh. and for now, it's not clear whether in fact as rehema was saying that this individual did actually manage to get any explosives on the plane. since that incident back in october in which isis claimed responsibility for planting a bomb on a jet, security has been beefed up. but we do know in the...
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this is just what susan rice said from cairo. in that case probably caused by the anger over the video. we don't know what we don't know over benghazi. in the light that's been shown, you just admitted that this rolling effect. >> calling the white house scum bags, theying they lies. >> look, look. let me finish my point. look, i'm not into the name calling crazy. we don't need to name call here. >> but they're name calling. they're saying it's a cover-up. >> michael, he's what some of yours are saying opinion the rhodes e-mail has set up a freakout. as i mentioned lindsey graham coined a phrase you don't normally hear from a senator. >> some guy said on the left the only reason i cared about this was because i've got six tea party opponents. well, if that's true, i'm the biggest scum bag in america. the scumbags are the people in the white house who lied about this. >> and republican congressman darrell issa held another round of oversight hearings on this where he compared president obama to richard nixon. here's congressman is
this is just what susan rice said from cairo. in that case probably caused by the anger over the video. we don't know what we don't know over benghazi. in the light that's been shown, you just admitted that this rolling effect. >> calling the white house scum bags, theying they lies. >> look, look. let me finish my point. look, i'm not into the name calling crazy. we don't need to name call here. >> but they're name calling. they're saying it's a cover-up. >> michael,...
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which is athens area, would tell cairo control to switch over to a different frequency. and this was not the case of miscommunication, or lack of communication between two authorities, which is athena control and cairo. something happened to that aircraft that could not communicate with the next sector, which would have come very closely afterwards and shortly after that, they would have started their descent. >> ross, aimer, mike e. kay, i wish we had more time, but that's going to do it for this hour, and thanks for your time and thanks to you for watching and listening. we're going to continue our coverage on msnbc as we try and find out what happened to egypt air flight 804, it went missing as it was approaching egyptian air space, it was inside egyptian air space, almost 200 miles from egypt. it left from here, charles de gaulle international airport just after 11:00 wednesday night, 66 souls on board, three of them were children. the lion's share were from egypt, 15 from france, no americans were on board. we'll continue our special coverage in just a bit, this is
which is athens area, would tell cairo control to switch over to a different frequency. and this was not the case of miscommunication, or lack of communication between two authorities, which is athena control and cairo. something happened to that aircraft that could not communicate with the next sector, which would have come very closely afterwards and shortly after that, they would have started their descent. >> ross, aimer, mike e. kay, i wish we had more time, but that's going to do it...
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its tail hitting the ground, landing here in cairo 14 years ago. and nobody is ruling out terrorism. isis, which operates in the area, claims it downed the plane. egypt and russia discounting that. the u.s. is not. >> we don't have any direct evidence of any terrorist involvement yet. >> the bodies of nearly 200 people are back in russia now. among the dead, the sheen family, pictured leaving for egypt. and the youngest victim, 10-month-old dorina, waiting to go home, lost in a disaster still to be explained. bill kenealy, nbc news, cairo. >>> new developments in that uber attack caught on camera. benjamin golden, with taco bell, is out of a job this morning. golden repeatedly punching an uber driver went viral yesterday. he has not responded to requests for comment on the case. >> he was charged with public intoxication. in a statement on cnbc, a taco bell spokesperson said given the behavior, it's clear he can no longer work for us. the company encouraged golden to seek help. >>> the hotly debated xl pipeline may be put on hold. the secretary of
its tail hitting the ground, landing here in cairo 14 years ago. and nobody is ruling out terrorism. isis, which operates in the area, claims it downed the plane. egypt and russia discounting that. the u.s. is not. >> we don't have any direct evidence of any terrorist involvement yet. >> the bodies of nearly 200 people are back in russia now. among the dead, the sheen family, pictured leaving for egypt. and the youngest victim, 10-month-old dorina, waiting to go home, lost in a...
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nbc's amman moyman muhyeldin jo from cairo. it was supposed to be a million-man march, a pro-morsi march with about 1 million people expected there. >> reporter: yeah, good afternoon, peter. it is sunset right now and it is important to keep in mind we are in the plomonths of ramadan. a lot of protesters were fasting today and not coming out until about now. we expect crowds to get much larger, though we now thousands already showed up throughout the course of the day, braving the heat, braving the security considerations, that's where they are now. we expect in the coming hours there is going to be a march from that square where they have been sitting in for the past several days on to one of the presidential palaces. why that's so important is because opponents of president morsi are also organizing a similar march on to the very same palace. that's given a great sense of security concern for officials here. heightened security, as we mentioned, military's deployed in large numbers, police is out in large numbers. what they a
nbc's amman moyman muhyeldin jo from cairo. it was supposed to be a million-man march, a pro-morsi march with about 1 million people expected there. >> reporter: yeah, good afternoon, peter. it is sunset right now and it is important to keep in mind we are in the plomonths of ramadan. a lot of protesters were fasting today and not coming out until about now. we expect crowds to get much larger, though we now thousands already showed up throughout the course of the day, braving the heat,...
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that air bus a 320 which went down and disappeared about three and a half hour into that flight to cairo over night. we gone over the time line a couple of time now. civil aviation authorities from greece report talking the pilots and everything seemed to be fine and everything was ru teoutined. the pilot sounded in good spirits and even thanking the controller in greek then 20 minutes later when greek civil aviation authorities tried to reestablish contact for a routine passage over handing over to egyptian civil aviation authorities, there was no response. and shortly after that, the plane simply disappeared from radar. greek defense minister telling us the plane apparently made a sharp turn to the left 90 degrees turn and then a complete 360 to the right before dropping several thousand feet and completely disappearing. that search is ongoing for more than 14 or 15 hours now. it is now nightfall in that region, searching that much is more difficult. positive news in term of this search here. the fact that they haves in fact found some pieces of wreckage from this flight. that confirma
that air bus a 320 which went down and disappeared about three and a half hour into that flight to cairo over night. we gone over the time line a couple of time now. civil aviation authorities from greece report talking the pilots and everything seemed to be fine and everything was ru teoutined. the pilot sounded in good spirits and even thanking the controller in greek then 20 minutes later when greek civil aviation authorities tried to reestablish contact for a routine passage over handing...
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eastern time, noon in cairo. that's when the american embassy put out a statement saying it condemns the statements by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of muslims. at about noon, the wall was breached and ripped down around secretary clinton released a statement condemning the violence. the romney camp sent a statement saying it's disgraceful that the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions but to sympathize with the waged the attacks. reince priebus tweeted, white obama sim pa thizs with attackers in egypt. sad and pathetic. a.p. first reports american ambassador in libya has been killed. comic only in the political intrigue and perhaps stupidity here of mitt romney. >> well, this is what happened politically when you're a candidate without the facts and with few friends. okay? eats maybe tied the poll but doesn't have close friends in the politics business. he got the facts wrong and it's a classic case of jumping out of a fast ahead moving
eastern time, noon in cairo. that's when the american embassy put out a statement saying it condemns the statements by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of muslims. at about noon, the wall was breached and ripped down around secretary clinton released a statement condemning the violence. the romney camp sent a statement saying it's disgraceful that the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions but to sympathize with the waged...
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embassy in cairo. it was a statement that acknowledged a crude, anti-islamic video that had been produced in the united states. that statement that mr. romney described as sympathizing with the attackers was put out a full six hours before the attackers breached the embassy walls. it was a statement that was an attempt to tamp down any reaction to this stupid video. it wasn't a reaction to the protests, the protests didn't exist yet. mr. romney urged calm, and used it as an opportunity to accuse the president of the united states of sympathizing with those who were at that time attacking the united states. by early this morning, after it became clear that a u.s. ambassador named christopher stevens had been killed in libya, after it became clear that mr. romney's timeline of events in egypt was completely wrong, the republican presidential nominee took to the podium and he did not walk back his initial remarks. he decided to double down on them. >> the statement that came from the administration and th
embassy in cairo. it was a statement that acknowledged a crude, anti-islamic video that had been produced in the united states. that statement that mr. romney described as sympathizing with the attackers was put out a full six hours before the attackers breached the embassy walls. it was a statement that was an attempt to tamp down any reaction to this stupid video. it wasn't a reaction to the protests, the protests didn't exist yet. mr. romney urged calm, and used it as an opportunity to...
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joining us now live from revolutionary cairo is ayman mohyeldin. thank you for staying up into the middle of the night with us. we have learned that mohammed morsi, most of his presidential team have been placed under house arrest. do we have any expectation of what happens to him now? >> we don't. not yet, the military has not made clear what it plans on doing, whether or not he will be released at least in the coming hours or days. he's not been charged with anything despite the fact that a lot of the protesters here say that there are sufficient reasons to actually try him or put him on trial for some of the ways he has managed the country over the past year, he has committed crimes and as a result he should be put on trial. the military has not made any indication that his temporary house arrest -- i say temporary because that is at least the indication we're getting, is for any other reason than for his own personal security, and that he's not being released right now, just because of the security situation and the overall climate here in the
joining us now live from revolutionary cairo is ayman mohyeldin. thank you for staying up into the middle of the night with us. we have learned that mohammed morsi, most of his presidential team have been placed under house arrest. do we have any expectation of what happens to him now? >> we don't. not yet, the military has not made clear what it plans on doing, whether or not he will be released at least in the coming hours or days. he's not been charged with anything despite the fact...
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joining us from cairo is ayman mo mohadean. we've talked about how dramatically this scene has changed. if you look back at the scenes from earlier in july, there were laser lights, a sense of jubilation in the square. couple that with images of today and this week, the violence, 600 people dead. give us if you will the latest, the feeling on the ground in terms of the movement, the seeming ground swell of support for ousted president mohamed morsi. >> reporter: well, you know,
joining us from cairo is ayman mo mohadean. we've talked about how dramatically this scene has changed. if you look back at the scenes from earlier in july, there were laser lights, a sense of jubilation in the square. couple that with images of today and this week, the violence, 600 people dead. give us if you will the latest, the feeling on the ground in terms of the movement, the seeming ground swell of support for ousted president mohamed morsi. >> reporter: well, you know,
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this is cairo, egypt. this is close to ramsey square, one of the meeting points for the mass protests called for by the muslim brotherhood as part of their day of rage. recognize there is a curfew in effect at this hour in that country. you can see the buildings there completely engulfed in flames. again, at this hour the death toll continues to rise as clashes continue throughout egypt between government forces and pro-morsi supporters. we are also getting some news that senators john mccain and lindsey graham, who have put out a statement within the last few minutes, where they say the interim civilian government and security forces backed up unfortunately by the military are taking egypt down a dark path, one that the united states cannot and should not travel with them. mccain and graham urge the obama administration to suspend u.s. assistance to egypt, making clear to the current leadership of the country what steps we believe are necessary to halt egypt's descent. john mccain has been opposed to the
this is cairo, egypt. this is close to ramsey square, one of the meeting points for the mass protests called for by the muslim brotherhood as part of their day of rage. recognize there is a curfew in effect at this hour in that country. you can see the buildings there completely engulfed in flames. again, at this hour the death toll continues to rise as clashes continue throughout egypt between government forces and pro-morsi supporters. we are also getting some news that senators john mccain...
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cairo time around ten miles inside egypt air space. does that tell you any indication as to possibly where inside equipment air space? over land, over water? >> equipment air space -- the radar traces i'm looking at at the moment indicate that the aircraft disappeared approximately and is an approximation, about 100 miles off the egyptian coast to the north. air space -- the actual what's called the flight information region or the point of air space that actually would -- where the handover would occur if you like and could be from italian radar or cypress radar, i don't have an actual aviation map in front of me so i can't discern where that boundary actually is. the convention of international air space is the air space starts international air space starts at 12 nautical miles off the coast. so irrespective of where the flight information boundary is, any aircraft approaching equipment air space would absolutely require positive authority to enter. what this means is in terms of search and rest key operations, there are certain res
cairo time around ten miles inside egypt air space. does that tell you any indication as to possibly where inside equipment air space? over land, over water? >> equipment air space -- the radar traces i'm looking at at the moment indicate that the aircraft disappeared approximately and is an approximation, about 100 miles off the egyptian coast to the north. air space -- the actual what's called the flight information region or the point of air space that actually would -- where the...
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he's in cairo, presenting that proposal to egyptian leadership. and that proposal stimulates a three-stage process. the first would be a 24-hour unconditional humanitarian cease-fire on both sides. that would then pave the way for what is being described as a rolling cease-fire. that can be extended every 72 hours, as long as there are no flagrant violations on both sides. and ultimately, leading the way for negotiations in cairo to address some of the core issues of this particular round of the violence, including lifting the siege and for the israeli security concerns, regarding the palestinian factions. for the first time, though, it does not seem that the palestinian factions are requiring israel to withdraw from the gaza strip. and that is a significant development, because it would give israel at least time to continue to destroy some of the tunnels that it says are a major security threat to its very existence. so as a result, the palestinian authority position represented by these factions now in cairo is waiting for an israeli response. w
he's in cairo, presenting that proposal to egyptian leadership. and that proposal stimulates a three-stage process. the first would be a 24-hour unconditional humanitarian cease-fire on both sides. that would then pave the way for what is being described as a rolling cease-fire. that can be extended every 72 hours, as long as there are no flagrant violations on both sides. and ultimately, leading the way for negotiations in cairo to address some of the core issues of this particular round of...
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nbc is in cairo with the very latest. >> we are about an hour away from friday prayers. it's been a tense morning in cairo and across the country with sporadic clashes and continued fatalities. the death toll we cannot confirm 100%. we're getting conflicting accounts not just from the government forces but also from the muslim brotherhood. some military activity, as well despite the end of the curfew. we saw several thanks take up position to block off access road to tahrir square. they've announced this formally through state division that no pedestrians or cars will be allowed in the vicinity and setting up barbed wire, as well. what some of the local papers are running, this is the government owned newspaper citing again the cabinet saying a criminal plot to undermine state institutions and showing a picture of firemen trying to put out an inferno at one of the government buildings. on the right, an interesting column they're writing that the war will be more won with the foreign world than one that's fought domestically. that shows you the importance of this tit-for-
nbc is in cairo with the very latest. >> we are about an hour away from friday prayers. it's been a tense morning in cairo and across the country with sporadic clashes and continued fatalities. the death toll we cannot confirm 100%. we're getting conflicting accounts not just from the government forces but also from the muslim brotherhood. some military activity, as well despite the end of the curfew. we saw several thanks take up position to block off access road to tahrir square....
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we'll have a live report from cairo. first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at "30 rock" in new york city. >>> in a rare joint interview on cbs's "60 minutes," president obama sat alongside his departing secretary of state, hillary clinton, a one-time political rival who he now describes as one of his close advisors. she says she won't have a run in 2016. neither obama nor clinton were eager to look that far ahead. >> what's the -- i have to ask you, what's the date of the expiration on this endorsement. >> steve, i know -- >> i have to ask that question. i mean, come on. you're sitting here together. everybody in town is talking about it already and the interview -- and this is taking place. >> you know, steve, i've got to tell you, you guys in the press are incore ridgeable. i was literally inaugurated four days ago and you're talking about elections four years from now. >> and i am, as you know, steve, i'm still in politics and i'm forbidden from hearing these. >> if she wants this job, it will be interesting. on foreign policy, president obama defend
we'll have a live report from cairo. first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at "30 rock" in new york city. >>> in a rare joint interview on cbs's "60 minutes," president obama sat alongside his departing secretary of state, hillary clinton, a one-time political rival who he now describes as one of his close advisors. she says she won't have a run in 2016. neither obama nor clinton were eager to look that far ahead. >> what's the -- i have to ask...
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. >>> and more than 20 soccer fans were killed during a riot outside of a stadium in cairo. the violence reportedly began when a crowd tried to push through the gates. security forces fired teargas to disburse the crowd. all national soccer games have been canceled by the egyptian government. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner brighter future. at boeing, that's what building something better is all about. ♪ ♪ [meow mix jingle slowly and quietly plucks] right on cue. [cat meows] ♪meow, meow, meow, meow...♪ it's more than just a meal it's meow mix mealtime. with great taste and 100% complete nutrition, it's the only one cats ask for by name. ♪ ♪ welcome to the most social car we've ever designed. ♪ the all-new nissan murano. ♪ nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ nineteen years ago, we thought "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easi
. >>> and more than 20 soccer fans were killed during a riot outside of a stadium in cairo. the violence reportedly began when a crowd tried to push through the gates. security forces fired teargas to disburse the crowd. all national soccer games have been canceled by the egyptian government. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner brighter future. at boeing, that's what building something...
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meanwhile, here in cairo, very sad scenes. at a mosque yesterday, there will be funerals later today, people finding it very, very hard to hold back their emotions. what we saw at a mosque yesterday was a film director who had lost four members of his family, choking back the tears and being comforted by the imam there. there's not much anyone can do but offer words of comfort. there will be more actual funerals today and tomorrow because many egyptians are simply not waiting for confirmation that their loved ones are dead. they are assuming that their loved ones are missing and that the bodies may never be found. in paris this morning, as we've been hearing, the french foreign minister met with more than 50 family members, and he said they displayed intense emotion and huge dignity. for them this must be torture, simply not knowing what's happened, these clues not good enough for them. and the french authority told them as soon as they know anything about the investigation, that will be passed to the relatives immediately. so
meanwhile, here in cairo, very sad scenes. at a mosque yesterday, there will be funerals later today, people finding it very, very hard to hold back their emotions. what we saw at a mosque yesterday was a film director who had lost four members of his family, choking back the tears and being comforted by the imam there. there's not much anyone can do but offer words of comfort. there will be more actual funerals today and tomorrow because many egyptians are simply not waiting for confirmation...
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ayman mohyeldin is joining us from cairo. if we look to what happened preceded this the military informs charge in the period between mubarak and morsi, about a 16-month period. they have this mr. mansour, put into place as the newly interim president, we will call him. is he in charge or is the military in charge? >> reporter: well, that's really good question. no he will certainly be in charge of someday-to-day adares of the country. he will probably oversee a lot of the transitional policies of the government, but there's no doubt that egypt's military will cast a very big shadow, will certainly weigh in on a lot of the things that are happening, because at the end of the day this is their road map. so they will want to ensure that all of the vision that they laid out for the country would still be somewhat implemented. now, they are trying to put a civilian face on this they say they don't want anything to do with their country's politicsing, they want to go back to their barracks and run the security and their country's
ayman mohyeldin is joining us from cairo. if we look to what happened preceded this the military informs charge in the period between mubarak and morsi, about a 16-month period. they have this mr. mansour, put into place as the newly interim president, we will call him. is he in charge or is the military in charge? >> reporter: well, that's really good question. no he will certainly be in charge of someday-to-day adares of the country. he will probably oversee a lot of the transitional...
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jim maceda joins me from cairo. he is on the phone, i understap. jim, let's start with the reasons that morsi has given for these new powers. >> hi craig. well morsi spoke, he came out of his presidential palace a few hours ago to address his thousands of supporters at that point, gathered around and that's what he told them. he said that he had to take this extreme step because there were opponents of the revolution namely and specifically the prosecutor general, he would be likely the supreme court like our supreme court chief justice and several other judges that they were interfering in this what has become a tedious, difficult, paralyzed process of writing egypt's new constitution. he called them quote weebles eating away at egypt's nation saying that egypt really does risk losing this moment in its history unless that process speeds up. he has decreed that there will be a vote that -- in two months time there will be an election, i should say, the parliamentary election. a vote on the new constitution. the problem is that those writing the co
jim maceda joins me from cairo. he is on the phone, i understap. jim, let's start with the reasons that morsi has given for these new powers. >> hi craig. well morsi spoke, he came out of his presidential palace a few hours ago to address his thousands of supporters at that point, gathered around and that's what he told them. he said that he had to take this extreme step because there were opponents of the revolution namely and specifically the prosecutor general, he would be likely the...
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it was headed to cairo airport when it vanished 2:45 a.m. cairo time. according to officials, it was about 10 miles into egyptian airspace over mediterranean sea when it disappeared from radar trackers. it was reportedly flying at an altitude of 37,000 feet at the time. weather conditions were said to be clear in the area when the plane vanished. according to egyptair there were 56 passengers on board the flight including three children. there were also seven crew members and three security personnel on board. there were also 30 egyptian passengers on board, 15 french nationals, two iraquis, and others. none of the passengers are believed to be american citizens. the a-320 aircraft that disappeared was made in 2003. according to egyptair, the pilot and copilot together had more than 9,000 flying hours recorded. right now egyptian armed forces are conducting search operations with a number of planes and naval units. the greek military sent the ship and two aircraft to help in the search. france has also offered to send planes and boats. egypt's military
it was headed to cairo airport when it vanished 2:45 a.m. cairo time. according to officials, it was about 10 miles into egyptian airspace over mediterranean sea when it disappeared from radar trackers. it was reportedly flying at an altitude of 37,000 feet at the time. weather conditions were said to be clear in the area when the plane vanished. according to egyptair there were 56 passengers on board the flight including three children. there were also seven crew members and three security...
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it flew to cairo, back to cairo, cairo to paris and on the return leg when it crashed. one would flight crew have made all these runs, or would there have been a crew change at some point? >> well, i don't know what rules that the egyptian pilots operate under, what regulatory rules that the egyptian government has on their pilots, but probably there would have been a crew change. and that's pretty typical for an airplane. you know, the philosophy of an airline is any time that airplane is sitting on the ground, it's not making you money. >> uh-huh. that makes sense. this particular airbus 320, it was 12 years old, it was purchased new by egyptair. michael, who determines how these planes are maintained? how does plane maintenance in that part of the world compare to plane maintenance schedules here in this country? >> well, we would hope that it would be equal playing field. i have no understanding of the procedures and quality of aircraft maintenance in egypt, but the manufacturers develop a very precise protocol for maintaining the airplanes. and the airlines -- most
it flew to cairo, back to cairo, cairo to paris and on the return leg when it crashed. one would flight crew have made all these runs, or would there have been a crew change at some point? >> well, i don't know what rules that the egyptian pilots operate under, what regulatory rules that the egyptian government has on their pilots, but probably there would have been a crew change. and that's pretty typical for an airplane. you know, the philosophy of an airline is any time that airplane...